Animal-operated liquid-distributer.



E. LIDE. ANIMAL OPBBNTED LIQUID DISTBIBUTEB.. Prummel 2mm un 2o. 1914.

fzl. Bamm Jagze, 1915.

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Specification at', Letters otent.

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Appliction liled May 20, 1814.! Serial No. 839.610.

llo itknoivn that l', HARRY L. Ion, o Citi- ;wn ol thi,l l 'nited States, residing atvipringliolil. in tho county of Finngamon and Stute ol illinois, have invented u certain new iinil u;;elul improvement in nimal- (lperuted Lilluid-l)istributers, of which the following is :i l'ull, vloer, oom-iso, und exact description. rolferonoe lieing had to the ziooompanying drawings, forming n part ol this specili- (fution.

Niv invention relates to devices which may he operated h v animals, such as hogs, to (aimee such ilmioes to apply suitable oil or other liquid to the skin of the animals to rid them ol' vermin und otherwise contribute to their comfort.

The invention, in iteI preferred embodiment, is an improi'ement upon the device disclosed in my United itetes Letters lotont No. 1.096.244, isrfuedivioy 1% 1914, hut the invention is not to he limited to the form of devine illustrated in said patent.

The device illustrated. in my nforcsnid potent includes :i trough ior holding the liquid, und a horizontally mounted roller overhuug'ing n loiigitudinnl side ol? the trough and projecting into the trough, Spano to enable it, :is it iss boing; turned by the :inimzil, to'trenser liquid from the trough space to the animal. As illustrated in the patent the liquid holding; capacity of .the trough ol the prior devine is decreased by an amount equal to the spese oneupied hy the portion of the i ller girojieoting; below the level of the' linnn sn thetroufh and. the troufli'ie rei U PD pienisliecl 1i nn souree of supply located lo one thereof.

in the devine oi2 my pieeent invention the rounded corners of the roller are perforuted in order that liquid may he trnnsvferred directly from the interior tothe exterior of lhv roller. ift han neen found, by experi ireiit,tliot the cylindrical will of the roller cannot he its 'iii perforated since the liquid woulctily :in'ny fir-finier to centrifugal action. 4lt hun also hren lound that the end wolle oi the roller rfinnot he ieriiorutefl for the purpofii' oi fff'invoyni.: e iiuuirl to the nninnil :linnn thi: liquid oulii not iioiv in theproper iiirvotion. Tine noi'fxiicitioint nre therefore lof'zitvrl dii-notify, in thirurrofl edges ut thu mln of ihr: loller '\=.'hirh.y owingr lto their rul'vfitxure, invito tl i uniinul to use these portionp oi." the roller in tronslerrii'iig the liquio to his hotly.

I will explain my invention more fully by relerence to the accompanying drnwini).1v

showing the preferred einlniiliimfni tlnrrcoll and in which* Figure l is u eide view of the preferred form of my present invention l"; ie :i longitudinal sectional view on lino L. t ol. Fig. 3,' and Fig. 5J is n cross sectional iiew on line I-l 01" Fig. i. j

Like parts are indicated hy similar choracters of reference throughout the different Figures.

The horizontally mounted roller a is pro-v margins ol' the side walls f/ are included also preferably-ineludes the Chord snhtonding nn :irc that :u'iproximsites one-third of the circle of the roller n.. The sides of the roller thus overhang lthe underlying trough. l he hog thus hee opportunity to 'ruh against the lowerhnil of the roller thereby readily to olleot its rotation, means heilig provided for preventing theI hog 'from nniteriolly lifting,r the roller out olf the trou gli as it rapidly revolves the roller. To this; end the trunnions ere (lesirzihly murio hollow. a slot (extending longituoinally of the roller) extending through euch trunnion to permit ol the pansngo ol' insetting vertically elongated or upright lugs 1 (cust upon the trough .Litruo ture :ind extending short distant-ns into thov pockets o) when the roller in to he mounted within its heurings. The slothl :iriout :r trifle wider than the width ol' the upright lugs if: no that in :ill positions of the roller, exeepting that which the roller conseil to assume ior the purpose of its assembly or removal, the slots z' Cannot be passed. over the luge 1 whereby the roller cannot well he di longed as itis being rapidly turned. 'lho lugs In ore'sullieiently shorter than the intu rnal diameters of thehollow trunnions b :i nfl :ire so (liepoeed with respect to the pockets c es always to permit limited bodilyeleijation of the roller so that any Water that l may have been caught inthe trough cannot,

in freezing',v burst the machine by the upward pressure which thefreezing Water would exert upon the roller. '1`he'eXteinal surface4 of the roller itself is preferably smooth, to prevent the roller from scraping dirt from the hog, the smooth surface of the roller also avoiding irritation of the skin. The ends of the cylindrical roller are round# ed at the entire roller thus being of'a formation which will enableit, as it is being turned, to transfer oil or other liquidto ya# rions portions ofthe body of the hog, the rounded ends of the roller being particularly adapted to transfer the oil to the ear and shoulder portions of the animal.

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The apertures are so located" in line with the inner cylindrical surface of the roller that all of the oil within the roller will drain therefrom when the level of the oil in the trough has been suliieiently reduced to per mit of 'the total outiiow ofl oil from the roller. Furtheradvantage in locating the apertures m inthe curved portions Z of the roller resides'in `the reduction of agitation consequent upon the rotation of the roller within the oil'.

The curved surfaces at Z are, by means of the location thereat of the apertures m, maintained thoroughly ,oiled by oil which will work its ivay -out of the elevated apertures Whereby-the curved ends of the roller are most effectively maintained coated l vitli i oil to keep the ends of the roller-constantly the transfer of oil tothe ears,

prepared for neck and contiguous partsof the hog, total dependence thus not being placed upon the oil Within the trough for maintaining the curved ends of the roller coated. It Willbe observed that the holes m at one endrare. 'staggered with respect to the holes at the /roller to enable the discharge of Aother end whereby i thel number of holes formed in the rollermay be reduced to the; minimum. As illustrated, there are eiglt holes m in the roller that are Aspaced apart there thus being sufficient openings to insure the location of some opening approximately* vertically beneath the 'axis of the roller to insure the fioiv of all of the 5G liquid from the roller tothe trough when the .liquid level has been sufficiently reduced.

I claim l. A device for enabling an animal'to apply liquid to its skin including a trough for '55 holdin-g the' liquid and a rotatable hollow roller projecting intothe trough space and having a rounded corner at an end that en ters the trough spacev and apertured at an intermediate portion ofthe curve of sa-id 60.

rounded corner at places distributed about the roller to permit the iloiv ofl liquid be tween the roller interior and the troughv space.

Q. A device for-enabling ply liquid to its skin including a trough for holding the liquid and a rotatable hollow roller projecting into the trough space and having a rounded corner at an end that en.

ters the trough space and apertured at an 7e intermediate portion of. the curve of said rounded corner at places distributed about the roller to vpermit the flow of liquid between the rolierA interior and with the inner cylindrical surface of the all ofthe liquid from the roller.

In witness whereof, hereunto subscribe Y my name this 14 day of May A. D., 1914. l HARRY L. DE.

Witnesses:

GUY H. GRANT, Rnniin H. BRAND.

an animal to ap! the trough space, the apertures being located in ,line 

